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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker’s WNBA careers were intertwined with so many great moments. Now they are forever bonded, enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the 2026 class Saturday night. They were joined by the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team, Chamique Holdsclaw, NBA player Amar’e Stoudemire, longtime NBA official Joey Crawford, NBA coaches Doc Rivers and Mike D’Antoni, […]

By Hyeyoon Cho SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the deepening of ties with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of independence from Japan’s colonial rule, KCNA state news agency said on Sunday. Kim was replying to a message of congratulations from Putin marking Saturday’s 81st anniversary of Tokyo’s surrender in World War Two. The Russian leader […]

SYDNEY, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state will start a gun buyback in November, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, part of the national response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, the state capital. Albanese’s centre-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buyback, tighter checks for gun licences and a crackdown on hate in the wake of […]

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Palantir chair and co-founder Peter Thiel has bought a 1% stake in Argentina’s Vista, one of the largest oil companies operating in the country’s Vaca Muerta shale formation, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The filing, published on Friday, comes four months after the tech billionaire met with Argentine President Javier Milei in the presidential palace, after which Milei told a […]

Aug 16 (Reuters) – Russian forces launched a missile attack on Kyiv early on Sunday, sparking fires in at least two districts of Ukraine’s capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The city’s military administration said one person had been injured. Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said falling debris had caused a fire in a non-residential part of a northern suburb. Several cars were on fire, and another fire had […]

Joshua Baez might have made the best first impression in major league history on Saturday. Baez became the first player ever to hit three homers in his big league debut, as he helped the St. Louis Cardinals record an 8-4 victory over the host Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. “It’s just unreal,” Baez said after delivering five RBIs. “To not only get a hit, but three home runs? It’s crazy.” […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — J’Mari Taylor rushed for 78 yards and a 2-yard, go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Jacksonville Jaguars scored 18 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the New Orleans Saints 24-20 in both teams’ preseason opener on Saturday. Taylor’s score, which gave the Jaguars their first lead, was set up by undrafted rookie quarterback Joey Aguilar’s 43-yard completion deep down the left sideline […]

Berkshire Hathaway boosted stake in Alphabet, homebuilders in the second quarter Berkshire Hathaway is increasing its stake in Google’s parent company, Alphabet. It is also boosting its holdings in homebuilders. The company also continued to pare its stake in financial companies and a number of other stocks in the April-June quarter. That’s according to a regulatory filing filed late Friday. The company agreed in June to invest $10 billion in […]

Joshua Báez of the Cardinals hits 3 homers in his first 3 at-bats in a historic major league debut CHICAGO (AP) — Joshua Báez became the first player to hit a home run in each of his first three at-bats in the majors, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Called up from Triple-A Memphis before the game, Báez had 30 members […]